efalizumab
English
editEtymology
editFrom [Term?] + -li- (“immunomodulating”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).
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Noun
editefalizumab (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, formerly available to treat autoimmune diseases, especially psoriasis, by binding CD11a of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1, and associated with fatal brain infections.
Synonyms
edit- (trade name) Raptiva